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**Jerry Burney** · 06-29-2013, 08:31 PM

Yes, You should buy it! Interesting pistol at a reasonable price. Is the wood bottom of the magazine marked?

**kirk** · 06-29-2013, 08:54 PM

Originally posted by Johnny Peppers View Post

The Luger shown was proofed under the British Proof Law of 1925/1955. On the left side of the receiver it appears to have NOT ENGLISH MAKE which was a requirement of the 1925 law. I have never seen the marking GERMAN that is stamped on the right side of the receiver. It is common to see Lugers exported from Germany with the small letters GERMANY neatly stamped by one stamp.

The proofs indicate that the pistol was sold commercially in England in the time frame given above. It could have been a bring back from WWI, and if sold later it had to go through either the London or Birmingham proof house, and that one went through the Birmingham Proof House as well as I can tell.

Thanks for all the great information.

**kirk** · 06-29-2013, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by Jerry Burney View Post

Yes, You should buy it! Interesting pistol at a reasonable price. Is the wood bottom of the magazine marked?

I am going to examine the gun on Sunday.I will look closely at the bottom of the magazine.

**kirk** · 06-30-2013, 03:42 PM

I purchased this 1912 DWM Luger today.The magazine is marked 3722.The writing on the left side of the receiver says;Not English Made.I have researched this gun and found the following:It was probably used in WW1.It was probably picked up by a British soldier.It was then British proofed, stamped GERMAN ,and marked Not English Made.I have seen a few more British proofed Lugers ,on line,stamped German,rather than Germany.It is a nice piece.Here are some more photos that I just took.

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